Systems and methods for automatically updating electronic mail access lists
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1. A method for permitting a sender to provide electronic mail (email) to a recipient, said method comprising:
- providing a recipient email address from the recipient to a potential sender as part of a subscription request;
generating a petition for requesting of the recipient that the potential sender be allowed to send email to the recipient, said petition including descriptive information that will be used to identify the potential sender during future email transmission between the potential sender and the recipient, wherein the petition is generated as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the potential sender during the subscription request;
transmitting said petition from the potential sender to the recipient via a hypertext transfer protocol wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the potential sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request;
receiving the petition by the recipient and processing said petition;
determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;
adding the potential sender to an email access list if the petition is acceptable and denying the petition if the petition is determined to be unacceptable; and
wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not an email message from the potential sender is permitted to reach the recipient in the event that the potential sender transmits the email message to the recipient.
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Abstract
A system and method for permitting a sender to provide electronic mail (email) to a recipient, said method comprising providing a recipient email address to the sender; requesting of the recipient that the sender be allowed to send email to the recipient; determining whether the request is acceptable based on at least one of: 1) a sender identity verification method; 2) user input; and 3) third party information; adding the sender to an email access list if the request is acceptable; and wherein the email access is used to determine whether or not email from the sender is permitted to reach the recipient.
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46 Claims
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1. A method for permitting a sender to provide electronic mail (email) to a recipient, said method comprising:
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providing a recipient email address from the recipient to a potential sender as part of a subscription request; generating a petition for requesting of the recipient that the potential sender be allowed to send email to the recipient, said petition including descriptive information that will be used to identify the potential sender during future email transmission between the potential sender and the recipient, wherein the petition is generated as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the potential sender during the subscription request; transmitting said petition from the potential sender to the recipient via a hypertext transfer protocol wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the potential sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request; receiving the petition by the recipient and processing said petition; determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;adding the potential sender to an email access list if the petition is acceptable and denying the petition if the petition is determined to be unacceptable; and wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not an email message from the potential sender is permitted to reach the recipient in the event that the potential sender transmits the email message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for permitting a sender to provide electronic mail (email) to a recipient, said method comprising:
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providing a recipient email address from the recipient to a potential sender as part of a subscription request; generating a petition requesting of the recipient that the potential sender be allowed to send email to the recipient, wherein the petition includes a sender identity verification method, the petition generated as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the sender; transmitting the petition from the potential sender to the recipient via hypertext transfer protocol wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the potential sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request; receiving the petition at the recipient and processing the petition; determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) the sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; andadding the potential sender to an email access list if the petition is acceptable; and wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not email from the potential sender is permitted to reach the recipient in the event that the potential sender transmits the email to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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means for providing a recipient email address from the recipient to a potential sender as part of a subscribe request; means for generating a petition for requesting of the recipient that the potential sender be allowed to send email to the recipient, said petition including descriptive information that will be used to identify the potential sender during future email transmission between the potential sender and the recipient, wherein the petition is generated as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the potential sender during the subscription request; means for transmitting said petition from the potential sender to the recipient via a hypertext transfer protocol wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the potential sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request; means for receiving the petition by the recipient and processing said petition; means for determining whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;means for adding the potential sender to an email access list if the petition is acceptable and denying the petition if the petition is determined to be unacceptable; and wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not an email message from the potential sender is permitted to reach the recipient in the event that the potential sender transmits the email message to the recipient.
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26. A system for adding a sender to an electronic mail (email) access list for a recipient, said system comprising:
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the recipient including; a petition processor to accept a petition, determine whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information; and
modify an access list based on the petition if the petition is determined to be acceptable wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request;a browser to accept the petition from the sender via hypertext transfer protocol and automatically provide the petition to the petition processor; and wherein the access list determines if the sender is permitted to provide email to the recipient; the sender including; a server that receives a recipient email address from the recipient during a subscription request; and a petition generator coupled to the server, the petition generator to produce a petition as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the sender, said petition including descriptive information that will be used to identify the sender during future email transmission between the sender and the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, which instructions when executed by one or more processors cause a system to:
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provide a recipient email address from the recipient to a potential sender as part of a subscription request; generate a petition for requesting of the recipient that the potential sender be allowed to send email to the recipient, said petition including descriptive information that will be used to identify the potential sender during future email transmission between the potential sender and the recipient, wherein the petition is generated as a result of receiving the recipient email address to the potential sender during the subscription request; transmit said petition from the potential sender to the recipient via a hypertext transfer protocol wherein the petition is transmitted as a web browser-based interaction before exchanging email messages between the potential sender and the recipient as a result of said subscription request; receive the petition by the recipient and processing said petition; determine whether the petition is acceptable based on at least one of;
1) a sender identity verification method;
2) user input; and
3) third party information;add the potential sender to an email access list if the petition is acceptable and deny the petition if the petition is determined to be unacceptable; and wherein the email access list is used to determine whether or not an email message from the potential sender is permitted to reach the recipient in the event that the potential sender transmits the email message to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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